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On the recordFebruary 4, 2015
There has to be a way to help the middle class who are hurting, like that auto worker, and get people out from under the bureaucratic water torture.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the need to alleviate tax burdens on struggling middle-class families.

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